Second most prestigious BB?

We know GS comes first (don't know why, league tables or some beta metric), but who's second?

10, even 5 years ago, it would've been MS for sure. But that wonder boy Dimon has turned JPM into an absolute monster of a balance sheet bank, while the soyboys at MS have expanded PWM (lmao) 

Now who's number two, prestige wise? I'd say for impressing women, it's JPM. For impressing some senior bankers or your older relatives, MS. For impressing your plumber or barista, JPM as well. For impressing a lawyer or c-suite exec, MS.

Honestly I think Citi takes #2, it just has the sheer pedigree and per capita balance-sheety firepower that MS or JPM can't match, and the sheer colossalness that ML can't hold a candle to.

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